Magna Carta
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| Rating | : | 4.92 (734 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0712347437 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 64 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-11-09 |
| Language | : | English |
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"The curators, Claire Breay and her team at the Library, are to be congratulated on organizing an exhibition which both captures the power of the Charter over the centuries and draws attention to its capacity to inspire myth."
Enjoyable factual colorful history JAthey This is an excellent short history of the Magna Carta, the events and people behind its creation, what it was intended for, and how its influence has developed over the past eight centuries. Only 54 pages long with lots of colorful pictures, this book covers the bases for the reader who wants to learn about the Magna Carta without invoking the usual 450-page tome on a subject like this. The author, though, is not writing for children: For example, she provides ample support for her argument that what we today think is most important in the Magna Carta -- freedom from royal persecution and the right to a trial by our pe. "Five Stars" according to Amazon Customer. I brought it for my son. loves it
This book explores the context in which Magna Carta was issued to discover what it really meant to its creators and how it came to be an iconic historical document.. Magna Carta is one of the most celebrated documents in English history and one of the most popular exhibits at The British Library. It was a practical solution to a political crisis and it served the interests of the highest ranks of feudal society by reasserting the power of custom to limit arbitrary behaviour by the king. Magna Carta was not intended to be a lasting declaration of legal principle, still less an embryonic code of human rights. But despite this fame, the reinterpretations made of it since 1215 have tended to obscure its real meaning for King John and his baronial opponents